Istanbul to Bologna runs about 12 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 18:49. One passenger pays between €127.58 and €136.43, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 30m over 1,530 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€127.58 to €136.43
- 180%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Istanbul
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:10First departure
- 18:49Last departure
- 12Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €276.26Mon14
- about €210.18Tue15
- about €241.45Wed16
- about €257.97Thu17
- about €233.19Fri18
- about €239.68Sat19
- about €244.99Sun20
- about €132.89Mon21
- about €151.77Tue22
- about €155.90Wed23
- about €183.04Thu24
- about €181.27Fri25
- about €180.09Sat26
- about €175.37Sun27
- about €127.58Mon28
- about €118.14Tue29
- about €136.43Wed30
- about €157.08Thu1
- about €150.00Fri2
- about €145.87Sat3
- about €148.82Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Bologna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bologna for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Istanbul to Bologna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €155.3190 days
- €127.5860 days
- €103.9845 days
- €98.6730 days
- €148.8221 days
- €175.3714 days
- €244.997 days
- €241.453 days
- €276.261 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €98.67.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €276.26, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Istanbul to Bologna and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,530 km
1,486 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
15,701,602 → 394,843
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,530 km against 1,486 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ilinden, Split, Sofia, Sarajevo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from BLQ into Bologna is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bologna
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bologna costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Bologna Centrale
Most of the points near Bologna Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Istanbul to Bologna
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Istanbul to Bologna?
The fastest journey from Istanbul to Bologna takes 5h 30m door to door, of which 2h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 39m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Istanbul to Bologna?
The cheapest fare from Istanbul to Bologna is €118.14, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €212.54. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Istanbul to Bologna?
The cheapest way from Istanbul to Bologna is by flight, at €132.89 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 33m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Istanbul to Bologna?
Fares from Istanbul to Bologna bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €98.67. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 180 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Istanbul to Bologna?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Istanbul to Bologna, at €132.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Istanbul to Bologna?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Istanbul to Bologna, at €93.36 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Istanbul to Bologna?
2 operators sell services from Istanbul to Bologna across 1 mode: Pegasus Airlines, Turkish Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Istanbul to Bologna?
67 percent of the services we sell from Istanbul to Bologna are direct. The rest connect at Ilinden, Split, Sofia, Sarajevo, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Istanbul to Bologna use?
Services from Istanbul to Bologna by flight leave from Istanbul IST and arrive at Bologna BLQ. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Istanbul to Bologna?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Istanbul to Bologna allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Istanbul to Bologna on September 13, 2026: 1530 km of route against 1486 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €118.14, and 5h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bologna is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Bologna and across Italy
Day trips that leave Bologna in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Istanbul reaches 343 places in 119 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 11,424 km. Bologna reaches 175 places in 39 countries, from 44 to 8,016 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Istanbul
- 343Places you can leave for
- 119Countries
- 105Operators
Arriving in Bologna
Leaving Bologna
- 175Places you can leave for
- 39Countries
- 56Operators